Guy was like a kid after raiding the candy store on his way home with the goodies. Luke watched curiously as his good friend walked by with an armful of weird looking things, heading towards the room he shared with Pere, the gardener. A large and somewhat silly looking smile was plastered on Guy's face, which made Luke all the more curious. He followed him.

                         "What is all that stuff, Guy?" Luke startled his servant with the question, nearly making him drop everything. He hadn't even realized the young master had followed him until he was at the door and halfway through it. "you were gone for a week, and I was starting to really miss you. Now you just walk by with all that stuff and totally ignore me?! ... Bah!"

                        "Oh! ...Sorry, Luke" Guy gave him an embarrased smile "Uh.. well" He scratched the back of his head, and grinned even wider than he was before. "These are some fon machine kits I picked up in Sheridan. They're nothing special, but I just love putting them together. I can't wait to start on them."

                          "Oh." Luke said, sounding disappointed. "I know about your boring hobby. meh... Should have known it was something stupid like that" The boy frowned, making Guy frown a bit as well.
                         "You don't have to make it sound so horrible. You can't deny that you were curios, right Luke?"
                          
                          "That's only because I didn't know what it was!" Luke protested. "Man, forget this. I'm leaving" He crossed his arms in that 'Luke' way and turned to leave ...but then he stopped and turned back towards Guy. "So...you went to Sheridan, huh? What's that place like anyways? I wish I could go outside of this crusty old mansion. You really have all the fun.."

                         "Ah...well..." Guy began, and he couldn't help but notice the pouty look on Luke's face. It wasn't really anything new, but that face always had a hint of sadness in it that made Guy's heart ache. He despised Duke Fabre for locking the young master up in his home, never getting to know the outside world aside from what he and some of the maids had taught him. He touched the tool pouch hanging from his hip and lifted it slightly for Luke to see. "Everyone in that city is some kind of fon machine fanatic just like me. Even the children run around helping the adults build, repair, or even design new things. Nearly everyone has a nifty tool belt like this one here, and for someone like me, it's heaven on earth. Obviously that place is not going to be interesting for you, Luke" He chuckled.

                          Luke only got more angry. "Don't tell me what I will and won't like, dammit!" He glared at Guy, then down at the tool pouch, then back up at Guy. "Hmmph! Well, is that it? An entire city, and that's all you can tell me about it? BOO-RING! Come on, there has to be something else, now tell me!"

                          "Ahaha...wow. I didn't think you'd actually be so interested, Luke!" Guy laughed, "Hmm.. then..." . He stopped, seeming to be deep in thought as to what more he could tell Luke about his favorite city. There was the rocket ---NO--- fon machine = BAD when it came to Luke. Well, there was the telescopes--- damn. "Think think THINK"

                          "Well?!" Luke was getting impatient.

                          "Luke, don't rush me. I'm trying to think of some good things to tell you." Sighing, he remembered the little deli in the back of the item shop. "There's a place there that serves the best roast rappig sandwich you could ever taste. mmm... and they have really good spaghetti and cream stew too. I don't think I've ever tasted anything more delicious." He looked at Luke, only to see the same 'what the hell, that's boring' expression. He was failing miserably.... or so he thought.

                           "Will you bring me some next time you go, then? I don't usually hear you praise food, so it really must be good." Luke responded, in a tone that actually seemed like he had taken some interest. He was most definately trying at least.

                           "I suppose I could bring you back some... though it might spoil along the way. It's not exactly a short trip, Luke" Guy chuckled again.

                           "S..stop making fun of me, Guy! How was I supposed to know it would spoil?! Damn it..!"

                           "Luke! I wasn't trying to insult you. Why do you always get angry so easily? I apologize, ok? So please..." Guy put a hand on Luke's shoulder and smiled "Calm down, ok..?"

                            "I'm sorry! JEEZ..." Luke glanced at Guy, some shame present in his expression "People just make me feel like I'm stupid all the time, because I can't remember anything. They're always reminding me of things I said or learned or promised or experienced that I didn't... urgh. I didn't mean to take it out on you. I should have known that food can spoil over a long trip, and now I do. There" He crossed his arms and glared...not exactly the kind of person that liked to apologize.

                           Guy felt bad now. The truth was, he himself had made Luke feel ashamed for not remembering certain things as well. "Don't sweat it, Luke. You know me! I don't think any less of you because of what happened 6 years ago. Annyywaaayys, Sheridan also has some of the most valuable mineral deposits nearby. Without those minerals, they wouldn't be able to make a lot of the fon machines and weapons we use nowadays--"

                            "ARGH!! You're gonna kill me with boring as punishment aren't you?!" Luke complained, holding his head as if he were in agony. Sometimes he could really be a pain, but Guy absolutely adored him anyways.

                            "You better believe it" Guy joked, and kept on going, "The air there is really dusty. You can spend one day there and your clothes will be covered with dust. It's also pretty hot and humid.."

                            "Ugh...just Shut up already.." Luke mumbled, and nudged Guy in the stomach. "I get it, I get it. Sheridan equals fon machine paradise blah blah - just shut up." He crossed his arms again and slumped against the wall. "I still want to go, though. I'd rather go to the most boring place on earth as long as it were somewhere other than this hell hole."

                            Guy picked up one of his new 'toys' and began removing pieces from the box. He was clearly about to start putting it together, which only got him another aggitated glare from Luke.  "Cheer, up Luke! You only have 4 years left until you turn 20. When that time comes, you can go anywhere you want, right? You could go to the most interesting place in the world. Or.." He looked up to smile at Luke. "We can go visit Sheridan together"

                          "HAH! Like I'd go there..." Luke sarcastically remarked.

                          "Heh...Luke, you just said you'd go there as long as it wasn't here" Guy grinned teasingly.

                          "We're talking about after I turn 20, remember? Like I'd set foot in that shitty place if I could go anywhere I want" Luke was smiling now, the thought of dissing Guy's favorite city in the world was amusing him, but he was disappointed when he saw that Guy didn't care and had only continued to piece things together on his 'fon device'. "Pfff...."

                           


                           Guy was startled to feel Luke's face come close to his neck, accompanied by his soft, warm breathing. He dropped his gadget and stood up to face his young master with shock in his eyes. "Luke? Wh...what are you--"

                          "Don't freak out, Guy." Luke said, wrapping his arms around Guy, his face brushing against his servant's neck lightly. "I just want to smell you. I ...want to know what the scent of another place is like." He made sure to avoide Guy's face, and felt for sure he was going to get punched, kicked, or thrown across the room. The blow, however, never came.

                          Guy was astounded by the sudden bodily contact, and his heart began to beat more rapidly. He'd always sneak in little hugs to Luke without him really noticing, but this was the first time Luke had ever initiated something himself. "Is...he ok? I've never seen Luke act this way.." Guy thought to himself, and his arms moved on their own. He didn't even remember wrapping his arms around Luke, but there they were. He struggled to regain composure, and finally mustered something resembling speech. "Luke... whatever you need, ok...?"

                          Luke was more grateful than ever that Guy not only didn't crush his skull, but was actually accepting the action. He breathed in deeply, inviting the foriegn aroma into his lungs. It wasn't really pleasant...but it wasn't exactly bad either. It was a mixture of dirt and sweat...and well, he couldn't recognize anything else. The scent, he could only imagine, might be the ocean mixed together with... old fon machine geezers with their oil-covered clothes? Maybe some of the food Guy mentioned? Of course a lot of it was Guy himself. Luke wanted so badly to understand it all...to know what everything was. For a few long monents he stayed that way, disappointed once again.

                        What he did next was something he never would have thought of doing...it just happened. His tounge was on Guy's neck .... all over, tasting whatever he could of that strange, boring, yet wonderful place of which he'd never been. The dust...he could taste the dust and the sweat...and the salt. He continued to flick his tongue over that wonderful taste, his mind going wild with imagination. Even though he had never tasted the food Guy spoke of, he imagined it there anyways. A bustling city filled with faces he'd never seen, and voices he'd never heard.

                          "L-LUKE?!"

                           And it was over. Luke was snapped back to reality, his eyes gazed up into two gleaming  pools of blue surrounded by red. It was Guy. His eyes were fixated intently on Luke, and he was blushing madly. Luke suddenly realized exactly what it was he had been doing...and exactly who he had been 'tasting'   "Luke...?" Guy repeated in a lightly shaky voice. It was all he could say, his chest rising and falling against Luke, his breathing more erattic than before. Luke felt like such an idiot for doing that to his friend, and pushed himself away.

                           "N-no! I... I didn't mean to do that, Guy!" Luke exclaimed as panic took over, and he stumbled many frantic steps backward before bumping into the door, which he flung open and escaped from most hurredly. Just like that, Luke was gone, and Guy was still standing there in shock.

                         Guy allowed a few minutes to go by so his breathing could return to normal. It was painfully obvious that Luke wanted to leave the mansion more than anything in the world. He wanted to be somewhere else so badly that even a smell or taste of such a place was enough. Guy smiled now, still blushing, and picked his little toy from Sheridan back up. As he sat down at the table in the middle of his room and began to organize all the pieces, he gazed toward the door that Luke had fled from just a short while ago. There was no longer a shred of doubt in the servant's mind now... he was hopelessly in love with his master.

                          

      
                         "Luke...someday we'll really go to Sheridan together. I promise.."